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WODEHOUSE, P.G. 1881-1975. A Gentleman of Leisure. London: Alston Rivers Ltd, 1910.

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WODEHOUSE, P.G. 1881-1975. A Gentleman of Leisure. London: Alston Rivers Ltd, 1910.

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WODEHOUSE, P.G. 1881-1975.
A Gentleman of Leisure. London: Alston Rivers Ltd, 1910.
8vo. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt, red paper dust jacket printed in black, later cloth slipcase. Wear to corners of cloth and spine ends, scattered spotting, gift inscription to front free endpaper, jacket restored, with some soiling and sun fading to spine.

FIRST EDITION, WITH THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. A Gentleman of Leisure was published in America under the title The Intrusion of Jimmy. It is the amusing tale of a baronet and former jewel thief who falls in with a group of American criminals while pursuing a young woman he met on an ocean liner. McIlvaine A13b.
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WODEHOUSE, P.G. 1881-1975. A Gentleman of Leisure. London: Alston Rivers Ltd, 1910.

Name: WODEHOUSE, P.G. 1881-1975. A Gentleman of Leisure. London: Alston Rivers Ltd, 1910.
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